Nakisa

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    🌍 About Me

    Hi! I’m Nakisa, an American /Iranian traveler, content creator, and lifelong learner with a deep love for people, culture, nature, and community.

    I’ve spent the past 6 years traveling independently and exploring more than 85 countries, often choosing local experiences over traditional tourism. I love staying with families, learning from local communities, helping with meaningful projects, and experiencing everyday life from the inside rather than simply visiting as a tourist.



    🤝 What I Can Help With

    I’m happy to help with many different types of projects, including:

    • Social media and content creation
    • Photography and video
    • English conversation and teaching
    • Helping with websites, online research, or basic digital work
    • Hospitality and guest support
    • Cooking and household tasks
    • Gardening and outdoor work
    • Community projects
    • Helping children practice English
    • Cultural exchange and activities with guests
    • General daily tasks wherever an extra pair of hands is useful

    I’m independent, adaptable, responsible, and comfortable with simple living. I don't need luxury or entertainment—I’m much more interested in meeting people, learning, and being useful.

    ❤️ Why I Travel This Way

    For me, travel isn't just about seeing famous places. Some of my most meaningful experiences have come from spending time with local people, sharing meals, listening to their stories, learning traditions, and understanding how people actually live.

    I especially enjoy places where I can experience local culture, rural life, traditional crafts, food, music, and community traditions.

    I’m respectful of different lifestyles, religions, cultures, and ways of living. I come with curiosity rather than expectations.

    📸 A Little About Me

    I also create travel and cultural content, focusing on authentic local life and the people I meet along the way. I always try to approach people and communities respectfully and never want my camera to become more important than the experience itself.

    I’m happy to exchange my skills and time for the opportunity to learn from a host and become part of their daily life.

    🌱 What I’m Looking For

    I’m particularly interested in hosts who want a genuine cultural exchange—not simply someone to complete a list of chores.

    If you have a family, farm, guesthouse, small business, community project, creative project, or simply a local-life experience you'd like to share, I would love to hear from you.

    If you think we could be a good match, please send me a message. I’m flexible, easygoing, and ready to help. 😊

    I’d love to meet you, contribute to your project, and hopefully leave as a friend rather than just a volunteer.

  • Interests

    Culture
    Camping
    Farming
    Fitness
    Hiking
    Hitchhiking
    Languages
    Movies & TV
    Nature
    Photography
    Self development
    Team sports
    Van life
    Videography
    Yoga / Wellness
    Vegetarian or vegan
    Technology
    Sustainability
    Sailing / Boating
    Plant care
    Outdoor activities
    Music
    Mountain
    LGBTQ
    Gardening
    Events & social
    Cooking & food
    Dancing
    Carpentry
    Art & design
  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Persian (Farsi): Fluent
    Spanish: Intermediate

    More details about my language interests
    I traveld to over 80 countries over past 5 years. I have many stories from my travels to share with you. I would love to practice my Spanish and teach you English. Only female contact me!

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  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    Creative DIY projects
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Life at a Farmstay
    Helping around the house
    Charity Work
    Art Projects

    Some knowledge of:  

    Light gardening
    Light maintenance
    Eco Projects
    Helping with Computers/ Internet

    Able to teach about:  

    Hospitality/Tourism
    Languages
    Teaching
  • More details about your skills

    Social Media:
    *I can Create long or short videos for youtube, Instagram and Facebook

    *SEO friendly Captions,descriptions and tags

    *Community engagement and active post

    Language:

    *English
    *Spanish
    *Persian
    *learning Arabic

    I worked in the hostel many different roles, from social media manger to receptionist and hostel cleaning supervisor.

    I speak Farsi (my native language), english and intermediat spanish. I can teach you language and can adopt to new roles very easy and fast, i also like to work on a farm as well. i like to connect to people, animals and nature.

  • Age

    35

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    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies
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    • Special dietary requirements
      No

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